{"product_id":"molecular-mechanisms-in-materials-isbn-9780262048132","title":"Molecular Mechanisms in Materials","description":"\u003cb\u003eA student-oriented introduction to understanding mechanisms at the atomistic level controlling macroscopic materials phenomena through molecular dynamics simulations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMachine-learning-based computation in materials innovation, performance optimization, and sustainability offers exciting opportunities at the mesoscale research frontier. \u003ci\u003eMolecular Mechanisms in Materials\u003c\/i\u003e presents research findings and insights about material behavior at the molecular level and its impact on macroscopic properties. The book’s fifteen essays represent author Sidney Yip’s work in atomistic modeling and materials simulation over more than five decades. The phenomena are grouped into five basic types: fluctuations in simple fluids, crystal melting, plasticity and fracture, glassy relaxations, and amorphous rheology, all focused on molecular mechanisms in base materials.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe organizing principle of \u003ci\u003eMolecular Mechanisms in Materials \u003c\/i\u003eis multiscale modeling and simulation, where conceptual models and simulation techniques are linked across the micro-to-macro length and time scales to control the outcome of specific materials processes. Each essay addresses a specific standalone topic of materials phenomena while also recognizing the larger context of materials science and technology. Individual case studies serve both as standalone essays and companion pieces to each other. Indeed, the global transformation of science and technology is well underway: in his epilogue, Yip discusses the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance future materials for societal benefits in the face of global challenges such as climate change, energy sustainability, infrastructure renewal, and nuclear arms control.Preface ix \u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Computational Materials xiii \u003cbr\u003eI Liquid Fluctuations \u003cbr\u003eEssay 1 Space-Time Correlations 3 \u003cbr\u003eEssay 2 Atomistic Simulations: A Primer 25 \u003cbr\u003eEssay 3 Particle Localization 39 \u003cbr\u003eII Melting Scenarios \u003cbr\u003eEssay 4 Elastic-Melting Instability 57 \u003cbr\u003eEssay 5 Crystal-Melting Kinetics 69 \u003cbr\u003eIII Strength, Deformation, Toughness \u003cbr\u003eEssay 6 Atomistic Measures: Strength and Deformation 81 \u003cbr\u003eEssay 7 Ideal Shear Strength 111 \u003cbr\u003eEssay 8 Fracture Dynamics 121 \u003cbr\u003eEssay 9 Interface Strength 133 \u003cbr\u003eIV Viscous Relaxation \u003cbr\u003eEssay 10 Metadynamics Simulation: Viscous Liquids 143 \u003cbr\u003eEssay 11 Glass Transition 165 \u003cbr\u003eEssay 12 Strain-Rate Effects 185 \u003cbr\u003eV Soft-Matter Rheology \u003cbr\u003eEssay 13 Amorphous Creep Mechanisms 197 \u003cbr\u003eEssay 14 Dynamical Yielding 217 \u003cbr\u003eEssay 15 Shear-Flow Regimes 231 \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Toward Materials Complexity: Dynamical Heterogeneities 249 \u003cbr\u003eIndex 255“A remarkable text that brings together deep insights into methods and their foundations with critical applications and case studies. The book is an immersive journey into what has been accomplished, what the frontiers are, and what is left to do for future explorations. This book should be on the reading list of anyone working in the field—at any career stage.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Markus Buehler, McAfee Professor of Engineering, MIT; author of \u003ci\u003eBiomateriomics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSidney Yip is Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300293857509,"sku":"NP9780262048132","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262048132.jpg?v=1767732879","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/molecular-mechanisms-in-materials-isbn-9780262048132","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}